Bill Text: CT HB05276 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring Instructions For Dialing 9-1-1 On Or Adjacent To Certain Multiline Telephones.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-22 - Public Hearing 03/01 [HB05276 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05276-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5276
February Session, 2016		LCO No. 1304
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)

AN ACT REQUIRING INSTRUCTIONS FOR DIALING 9-1-1 ON OR ADJACENT TO CERTAIN MULTILINE TELEPHONES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2016) Any business firm, as defined in section 12-631 of the general statutes, or state agency, as defined in section 1-79 of the general statutes, that uses a multiline telephone system that cannot directly access the enhanced 9-1-1 service by dialing or otherwise accessing the three digits "9-1-1" shall prominently display instructions on how to access the enhanced 9-1-1 service on or adjacent to each telephone connected to such multiline telephone system.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2016	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To require business firms and state agencies to display instructions on how to dial 9-1-1 on or adjacent to certain multiline telephones.

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